- Date
- July 31, 1971
- Place
- Meridianville, AL · MERIDIANVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5746ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162817
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2959 71/7/31 MERIDIANVILLE,ALA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 111 TIME - 1945 N5746Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDIANVILLE,ALA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- OLD CRACK APRX 1IN LONG FOUND IN STEERING CROSSBAR,NEW BREAK ABT 3/8IN.16HRS SINCE 7/2/71 ANNUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5746Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Huntsville
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